Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:28:46 +0100 (CET) From: List User <listuser@netspace.net.au> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <199812140628.HAA09686@doorway.home.lan>
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From: "John Saunders" <john.saunders@scitec.com.au>
Subject: RE: HEADS UP : laptop power-down change
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:09:15 GMT
> : Now in the subcase that you're running FreeBSD on i386 with no monitor
> : ROM, then I don't what's wrong with making '-h' and '-p' degenerate,
> : ie, they both do the same thing: halt the system and cause a power off.
>
> Also agreed.
>
> For a power managed i386 system, I see no benefit from not mapping the
> two to the same thing.
As long as you provide a way for halting without powering down
then I don't really care. I have a power managed machine and I
_do_not_ want it to power down when I halt it.
At least the "-p == power down" and "-h == halt" argument
provides me with both the options I need. Your option removes
the very option that I want, with no replacement mechanism.
Cheers.
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